Scientists develop a relatively simple synthesis strategy to produce high-performance tin telluride nanosheets, a promising thermoelectric material.
Feb 16th, 2021
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Scientists looked into the latest research to find the most exciting potential applications of graphene in point-of-care tests. This includes diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, but also detecting other viruses, bacteria and even cancerous tumours.
Feb 16th, 2021
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By creating kinks in the structure of graphene, researchers have made the nanomaterial behave like a transistor, and have shown that when a strip of graphene is crinkled in this way, it can behave like a microchip, which is around 100 times smaller than conventional microchips.
Feb 16th, 2021
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Researchers have demonstrated that nanoengineered biodegradable microcapsules can guide the development of hippocampal neurons in an in vitro experiment. The microcapsules deliver nerve growth factor, a peptide necessary for neuron growth.
Feb 16th, 2021
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Researchers detail how they developed a nano-barrier and custom-built deposition system that bonds to the surface of polymer or composite materials, protecting them from erosion in low-Earth orbit.
Feb 16th, 2021
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Injecting patients with a gel that would dissolve over several months could replace the need to administer daily or weekly shots. But to make this possible, researchers first had to create a Jello-like substance that could defy one of the fundamental laws of nature.
Feb 16th, 2021
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The 'sloshing' of a quantum fluid comprised of light and matter reveals superfluid properties. A team of physicists have successfully created sloshing quantum liquids in a 'bucket' formed by containment lasers.
Feb 16th, 2021
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Materials having excess electrons are typically conductors. However, moire patterns -- interference patterns that typically arise when one object with a repetitive pattern is placed over another with a similar pattern -- can suppress electrical conductivity.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Engineers have developed a soft, stretchy skin patch that can be worn on the neck to continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer?s levels of glucose as well as lactate, alcohol or caffeine.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Engineers develop polymer cores that redirect light from any source to solar cells.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Nanoscientists develop adaptive microelectronics that can move independently according to sensor data and align themselves specifically for activities - possible applications in biomedicine and bioneural interfacing.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Theoretical calculations predict that the compound known as 'kagome graphene' should have completely different properties to graphene. Kagome graphene consists of a regular pattern of hexagons and equilateral triangles that surround one another.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Using an advanced technique, scientists have demonstrated that a chemical reaction powered by light takes place ten thousand times faster at the air-water interface - what we usually call the water surface - than in the bulk of the water, even when the light has equivalent energy.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Interactions between individual molecules on a metal surface extend for surprisingly large distances - up to several nanometers. A new study of the changing shape of electronic states induced by these interactions, has potential future application in the use of molecules as individually addressable units.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Fast and energy-efficient future data processing technologies are on the horizon after an international team of scientists successfully manipulated magnets at the atomic level.
Feb 12th, 2021
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Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles. In laboratory tests, these 'polymer dots' showed promising performance and stability alike.
Feb 12th, 2021
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